Summary:
ZIP code 56461 contains exactly one elementary school — Laporte Elementary, a PK–5 school with 146 students in the Laporte Public School District. It serves a high-need community, with 59.59% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, and an unusually low student-teacher ratio of 8.2, which means small classes. The district overall ranks 304th of 458 Minnesota districts (34th percentile, 2 stars). Because this is the only elementary school in the area, everything below is a detailed look at Laporte Elementary rather than a comparison among local options.
On 2025–2026 state tests, math is the school's bright spot: 44.6% of students were proficient, essentially matching the state's 44.9%. Reading came in at 36.9% against a state figure of 48.6%, and science at 15.6% versus 25.5% statewide — the lowest number in the data. Grade-level results vary widely: 4th grade math reached 66.7%, above the state's 55.2%, while 4th grade reading was 26.7% and 3rd grade reading just 22.2%. Fifth grade flips the pattern, with reading at 50% but math at only 25%.
The school improved markedly year over year. All-grades math rose from 32.5% to 44.6% and reading from 28.75% to 36.9%, both while state averages slipped slightly; science was the only subject to decline. Those gains lifted Laporte Elementary to 588th of 869 ranked schools (32nd percentile, 2 stars), its best position in three years after an 18th-percentile dip. Priorities are clear: reading in grades 3–4, math in grade 5, and science. Keep in mind that cohorts are small — one student can shift a grade-level percentage by several points — and the reading test label changed from MCA-III to MCA-IV, so that year-over-year comparison is directional.
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